Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe - Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes

Name: Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe - Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 500 grams Tinda (Apple Gourd) sliced; 2 Tomatoes finely chopped; 4 cloves Garlic roughly pounded using pestle and mortar; 2 Dry Red Chillies; 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 2 teaspoons Red Chilli flakes; 1 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves for garnish; 1 Green Chilli roughly chopped, for garnish; 2 teaspoons Oil; Salt to taste

Nithya Anantham

October 11, 2023

1990 Ratings

Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe - Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes - Recipe image with step-by-step cooking instructions

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 30 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Pakistani

Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe is an Apple Gourd's curry recipe cooked with tomatoes. Since the apple gourds have abundant moisture in them, this is a summer perfect vegetable to include often in summer time dinners.

The red chillies and chilli flakes used in the recipe balances the sweetness of the apple gourds in the curry. This recipe uses basic spices like red & green chillies, chilli flakes, garlic, and cumin seeds.

Serve Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe (Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes) along with Methi Ragi Soy Wheat Thepla Recipe and Kale Chane Ki Kadhi Recipe for a weeknight dinner.

Did you Know: Apple gourd known as Tinda or Tindsi in Hindi is a vegetable with high Vitamin C, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, and copper among the other nutrients. Eating apple gourd is effective in mitigating acidity, diarrhea, indigestion, kidney stones and high blood pressure. It is known to reduce the risk of skin diseases, prostate & lung cancer and delay the greying of hair.

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Ingredients

500 grams Tinda (Apple Gourd), sliced

2 Tomatoes, finely chopped

4 cloves Garlic, roughly pounded using pestle and mortar

2 Dry Red Chillies

1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)

2 teaspoons Red Chilli flakes

1 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, for garnish

1 Green Chilli, roughly chopped, for garnish

2 teaspoons Oil

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe - Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes

To begin making the Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe (Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes), wash, dry and cut the apple gourd into thin slices discarding the seeds portion in the centre.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan/kadhai on medium heat, add the mustard seeds and let it crackle.

Add the dry red chillies, pounded garlic cloves and saute until the oil becomes fragrant.

Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until they turns soft and a little mushy.

Once the tomatoes are soft and mushy, add the sliced apple gourd/tinda, season with salt and cook until the gourds are half cooked.

Now, add in the red chilli flakes, mix well and let the apple gourd cook until done with the lid closed.

Once done, switch off heat and garnish the Tinde Ki Tarkari with coriander leaves and green chilli slices.

Serve Pakistani Style Tinde Ki Tarkari Recipe (Apple Gourds Cooked With Tomatoes) along with Methi Ragi Soy Wheat Thepla Recipe and Kale Chane Ki Kadhi Recipe for a weeknight dinner.

Recipe Tags

Indian Lunch Recipes,Office Lunch Box Recipes,Indian Dinner Recipes,Summer Recipe Ideas,Tinda Apple Gourd Recipes,Pakistani Recipes

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